Public Health is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #26 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 107 degrees in public health during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Health Schools in Kansas list, to help you choose the best school for you.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public health degree levels they offer.
University of Kansas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in public health. KU is a very large public university located in the small city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were about 35 public health students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the public health degree program at University of Kansas make $13,111 more than the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
It is difficult to beat Kansas State University if you want to pursue a degree in public health. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. A Best Colleges rank of #225 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 public health students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year. Those public health students who get their degree from Kansas State University earn $5,764 more than the typical public health student.
Baker University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in public health. Baker is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Baldwin City. This university ranks 7th out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 5 public health students who graduated with this degree at Baker in the most recent year we have data available.
Emporia State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in public health. ESU is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Emporia. This university ranks 8th out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 39 public health students who graduated with this degree at ESU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, public health degree recipients typically make about $31,576 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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